2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election

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2018 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
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Candidate Shinzo Abe Shigeru Ishiba
Leader's seat Yamaguchi-4th Tottori-1st
LDP  MPs 329 (81.8%)73 (18.2%)
Party members224 (55.3%)181 (44.7%)
Total553 (68.5%)254 (31.5%)
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Election results
President before election

Shinzo Abe

Elected President

Shinzo Abe

A leadership election was held on 20 September 2018 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan for a new 3-year term. Incumbent president Shinzo Abe was running for re-election after a rule change in 2017 that allowed him to run for a third term. [1]

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Abe's victory effectively hands him three more years as prime minister, giving him the chance of breaking the record for the nation's longest-serving prime ministership held by Taro Katsura, a revered politician who served three times between 1901 and 1913. Abe stayed in office through 21 November 2019, which equals 2,886 days marked by Katsura. [2] He also served the longest uninterrupted term by 24 August 2020, ahead of Eisaku Satō's 2,797 days. He resigned on 28 August 2020 due to health concerns.

Background

Scandals

In March 2018, it was revealed that the Finance Ministry (with finance minister Tarō Asō at its head) had falsified documents presented to the parliament in relation to the Moritomo Gakuen scandal, to remove 14 passages implicating Abe. [3] It has been suggested that the scandal could cost Abe his seat as the Liberal Democratic Party's leader. [3] A Kyodo poll showed the Japanese government popularity's has fallen as low as 30% from 44% in February. [4]

Candidates

Nominated

Candidate(s)Date of birthNotable positionsParty faction(s)District(s)AnnouncedReference(s)
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Shinzo Abe 		21 September 1954
(age 63)		President of the LDP (2006-2007, 2012-)
Prime Minister (2006-2007, 2012-)
Member of the House of Representatives (since 1993)
Chief Cabinet Secretary (2005–2006)		None
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Yamaguchi 4th district 		26 August [5]
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Shigeru Ishiba 		4 February 1957
(age 61)		Member of the House of Representatives (since 1986)
Defense Minister (2007–2008)
2008, 2012 LDP leadership candidate 		Suigetsukai
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Tottori 1st district 		1 September [6] [7]

Expressed intention but did not have enough votes for nomination

Speculative

Declined

Recommenders

List of recommenders
CandidatesShinzo Abe [17] Shigeru Ishiba [18]
Leader of recommenders Seiko Hashimoto Hidehisa Otsuji
Person in charge Akira Amari Yoshihisa Furukawa
Recommenders Hirotaka Ishihara
Seishiro Eto
Toshiaki Endo
Toshitaka Ōoka
Tetsushi Sakamoto
Katsuei Hirasawa
Noriko Horiuchi
Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi
Hiromichi Watanabe
Shigeharu Aoyama
Haruko Arimura
Masahisa Sato
Emiko Takashina
Yoshifumi Tsuge
Ichiro Tsukada
Takashi Hanyuda
Toru Miki
Toshiei Mizuochi 		Junichi Ishii
Yoshifumi Matsumura
Kazuhiko Aoki
Saburo Shimada
Shoji Maitate
Satoshi Nakanishi
Seiichiro Murakami
Gen Nakatani
Kisaburo Tokai
Keiichiro Tachibana
Tatsuya Ito
Norihisa Tamura
Ryosei Akazawa
Masaaki Taira
Mamoru Fukuyama
Yoshinori Tadokoro
Saichi Kamiyama
Hiroyuki Togashi

Results

Leading candidate in the party membership primary by prefecture, Ishiba blue, Abe red 2018Nian Zi You Min Zhu Dang Zong Cai Xuan Ju .png
Leading candidate in the party membership primary by prefecture, Ishiba blue, Abe red
MPsParty membersTotal points
Shinzo Abe 329(82%)355,487(55.4%, 224 pts)553(68.5%)
Shigeru Ishiba 73 (18%)286,003 (44.6%, 181 pts)254 (31.5%)
Total402641,490 (405 pts)807

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